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The Constitutional Provision Respecting Copyright

The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries

For transitional and supplementary copyright provisions that were enacted as part of the Copyright Act of 1976 and the DMCA, but which do not amend title 17, see the Appendix.

+ , Pub. L. No. 94-553, 90 Stat. 2541 , October 19, 1976.

+ Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-94, 91 Stat. 653, 682 , enacted August 5, 1977.

+ , Pub. L. No. 96-517, 94 Stat. 3015, 3028 , enacted December 12, 1980.

+ , Pub. L. No. 97-215, 96 Stat. 178 , enacted July 13, 1982.

+ , Pub. L. No. 97-366, 96 Stat. 1759 , enacted October 25, 1982.

+ Record Rental Amendment of 1984, Pub. L. No. 98-450, 98 Stat. 1727 , enacted October 4, 1984.

+ , Pub. L. No. 99-397, 100 Stat. 848 , enacted on August 27, 1986.

+ , Pub. L. No. 100-159, 101 Stat. 899 , enacted November 9, 1987.

+ Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-568, 102 Stat. 2853, enacted October 31, 1988.

+ , Pub. L. No. 100-617, 102 Stat. 3194 , enacted November 5, 1988.

+ Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988, title II of Pub. L. No. 100-667, 102 Stat. 3935, 3949, enacted November 16, 1988.

+ Judicial Improvements and Access to Justice Act, Pub. L. No. 100-702, 102 Stat. 4642, 4672 , enacted November 19, 1988.

+ Copyright Fees and Technical Amendments Act of 1989, Pub. L. No. 101-318, 104 Stat. 287, enacted on July 3, 1990.

+ Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform and Miscellaneous Pay Act of 1989, Pub. L. No. 101-319, 104 Stat. 290, enacted July 3, 1990.

+ Copyright Remedy Clarification Act, Pub. L. No. 101-553, 104 Stat. 2749, enacted November 15, 1990.

+ Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, title VI of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101-650, 104 Stat. 5089, 5128, enacted December 1, 1990.

+ Semiconductor International Protection Extension Act of 1991, Pub. L. No. 102-64, 105 Stat. 320 , enacted June 28, 1991.

+ Copyright Amendments Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-307, 106 Stat. 264, 272 in its entirety), enacted June 26, 1992.

+ Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, title I of the Copyright Amendments Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-307, 106 Stat. 264, enacted June 26, 1992.

+ , Pub. L. No. 102-492, 106 Stat. 3145 , enacted October 24, 1992.

+ , Pub. L. No. 102-561, 106 Stat. 4233 , enacted October 28, 1992.

+ Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102-563, 106 Stat. 4237 , enacted October 28, 1992.

+ North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Pub. L. No. 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057, 2114 and 2115 , enacted December 8, 1993.

+ Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-198, 107 Stat. 2304 , enacted December 17, 1993.

+ Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994, Pub. L. No. 103-369, 108 Stat. 3477 , enacted October 18, 1994.

+ Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Pub. L. No. 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809, 4973 , enacted December 8, 1994.

+ Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-39, 109 Stat. 336 , enacted November 1, 1995.

+ Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997, Pub. L. No. 104-197, 110 Stat. 2394, 2416 , enacted September 16, 1996.

+ , Pub. L. No. 105-80, 111 Stat. 1529 , enacted November 13, 1997.

+ No Electronic Theft Act, Pub. L. No. 105-147, 111 Stat. 2678, enacted December 16, 1997.

+ Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, title I of Pub. L. No. 105-298, 112 Stat. 2827 , enacted October 27, 1998.

+ Fairness in Music Licensing Act of 1998, title II of Pub. L. No. 105-298, 112 Stat. 2827, 2830 , enacted October 27, 1998.

+ Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2887 , enacted October 28, 1998.

+ WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act of 1998, title I of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2861 , enacted October 28, 1998.

+ Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2877 , enacted October 28, 1998.

+ Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, title V of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2905 , enacted October 28, 1998.

+ , Pub. L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221 , enacted August 5, 1999.

+ Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999, title I of the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app. I , enacted November 29, 1999.

+ Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-160, 113 Stat 1774, , enacted December 9, 1999.

+ Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-379, 114 Stat. 1444 , enacted October 27, 2000.

Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright

+ 101. Definitions + 102. Subject matter of copyright: In general + 103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works + 104. Subject matter of copyright: National origin + 104A. Copyright in restored works + 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works + 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works + 106A. Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity + 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use + 108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives + 109. Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord + 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays + 111. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions + 112. Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings + 113. Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works + 114. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings + 115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords + 116. Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin- operated phonorecord players + 117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs + 118. Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting + 119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing + 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works + 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities + 122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary transmissions by satellite carriers within local market

Section 101. Definitions

Except as otherwise provided in this title, as used in this title, the following terms and their variant forms mean the following:

An "architectural work" is the design of a building as embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including a building, architectural plans, or drawings. The work includes the overall form as well as the arrangement and composition of spaces and elements in the design, but does not include individual standard features.

"Audiovisual works" are works that consist of a series of related images which are intrinsically intended to be shown by the use of machines or devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, together with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the works are embodied.

The "Berne Convention" is the Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed at Berne, Switzerland, on September 9, 1886, and all acts, protocols, and revisions thereto.

The "best edition" of a work is the edition, published in the United States at any time before the date of deposit, that the Library of Congress determines to be most suitable for its purposes.

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